News

• Jessica Robinson to head up PRI in Asia

  14 October 2015

  The Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) and the Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) have joined forces in a move that will see ASrIA CEO Jessica Robinson run the PRI's Asian operations.

• Voting open in the 16th Environmental Finance Annual Market Rankings

  14 October 2015

  Voting has opened in the Environmental Finance Annual Market Rankings – the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.

• BlackRock launches three impact funds

  14 October 2015

  BlackRock has launched three equity funds in response to "unprecedented demand for sustainable and impact investment solutions".

• Reservoir Capital to raise $1m in private placement

  14 October 2015

  Vancouver-based renewable energy developer Reservoir Capital has revealed plans to raise up to $1 million in a private share placement.

• ABC green bond four times oversubscribed

  14 October 2015

  Agricultural Bank of China has become Asia's largest green bond issuer, with an inaugural $995 million offering that was four-times oversubscribed.

• Hannon Armstrong plans $100m equity raise

  14 October 2015

  Clean energy investor Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) is planning to issue a further $100 million of equity.

• Vermont issues $28.5m green bond

  13 October 2015

  The State of Vermont has become the latest in a series of US municipals to tap the green bond market this month, after it issued $28.5 million of notes.

• Bangladesh Bank to invest in green bonds

  13 October 2015

  Bangladesh Bank plans to invest part of its foreign exchange reserve in green bonds, making it the first central bank to do so, according to local reports.

• UK GIB raises further £335m for offshore wind fund

  13 October 2015

  The UK Green Investment Bank's (GIB) offshore wind fund has reached £818 million ($1.25 billion) of capitalisation as its reaches second close – making it the country's largest ever renewables fund.

• Vigeo and Eiris merge

  13 October 2015

  Sustainability analysts Vigeo and Eiris are to merge in a bid to better compete in a "fiercely competitive" market.